Associations to the word «Calcar»

Wiktionary

CALCAR, noun. A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
CALCAR, noun. (botany) (anatomy) A spur-like projection.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats